Osborne, Barclays, the Cayman Islands and tax avoidance
Making it easier for British multinationals to shift the profits they make into tax havens makes no sense whatsoever, explains ActionAid’s Chris Jordan.
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MPs call for Romney’s tax haven to be closed
MPs have signed an Early Day Motion calling for Mitt Romney’s Cayman Islands tax haven to be closed, rounding off a disastrous week for the Republican candidate.
$3.1 trillion lost to tax evasion globally; cost to Britain: £69.9 billion
New research today from the Tax Justice Network reveals tax evasion costs 145 countries, representing over 98 per cent of global GDP, US$3.1 trillion a year.
Taking on the tax havens
Chris Jordan, a tax justice campaigner at Action Aid, writes about taking on the tax havens.
Why is Osborne relaxing anti-tax haven abuse legislation?
Martin Hearson, a tax policy adviser at ActionAid UK, explains the consequences of chancellor George Osborne’s plan to relax anti-tax haven abuse legislation.
The sickening PFI profiteerers leeching funds out of the public sector
Dave Prentis, General Secretary of UNISON, exposes the sickening tax-dodging companies ripping off the taxpayer by leeching funds out of the public sector.
Britain is part of the problem on financial reform
By Lydia Prieg The UK is subverting progress towards a safer financial system and has become a major barrier to international efforts for reform, according to a new report from the New Economics Foundation. Compared even to the US, a jurisdictiontest